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Phytochemical Analysis and Anti-Cancer Properties of Extracts of Centaurea castriferrei Borbás & Waisb Genus of Centaurea L

Molecules, 2022
The Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) genus includes many plant species with therapeutic properties. Centaurea castriferrei Borbás & Waisb is one of the least known and least described plants of this genus.
Joanna Kubik, Łukasz Waszak, Grzegorz Adamczuk, Ewelina Humeniuk, Magdalena Iwan, Kamila Adamczuk, Mariola Michalczuk, Agnieszka Korga-Plewko, Aleksandra Józefczyk   +8 more
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Centaurea triumfetii essential oil chemical composition, comparative analysis, and antimicrobial activity of selected compounds

Scientific Reports, 2023
The essential oils from the Centaurea genus are well known for their pharmacological properties. The most abundant and dominant chemical components in Centaurea essential oils are ß-caryophyllene, hexadecanoic acid, spathulenol, pentacosane ...
Ivana Carev, Andrea Gelemanović, Mateo Glumac, Klaudia Tutek, Mile Dželalija, Alessandro Paiardini, Gianni Prosseda   +6 more
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Evaluation of genetic variability and relatedness among eight Centaurea species through CAAT-box derived polymorphism (CBDP) and start codon targeted polymorphism (SCoT) markers

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021
Centaurea is a value-ultimate genus of medicinal plants showing high diversification levels, especially within the Mediterranean basin, and is still traditionally recognized as a complicated taxon.
Mohamed Atia Mohamed Atia, Diaa Abd El-Moneim, Taghreed Khaled Abdelmoneim, Eman Hussein Reda, Zienab Talaat Abdel Shakour, Ali Mohamed El-Halawany, El-Sayeda Ahmed El-Kashoury, Khaled Ahmed Shams, Nahla Sayed Abdel-Azim, Mohamed-Elamir Fathy Hegazy   +9 more
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Islands as a crossroad of evolutionary lineages: A case study of Centaurea sect. Centaurea (Compositae) from Sardinia (Mediterranean Basin).

PLoS ONE, 2020
The Mediterranean Basin is a biodiversity hotspot, where islands play a key role because of their high biological diversity, degree of endemicity and human pressure.
Javier López-Alvarado, Giulia Mameli, Emmanuele Farris, Alfonso Susanna, Rossella Filigheddu, Núria Garcia-Jacas   +5 more
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'Centaurea akcadaghensis' and 'C. ermenekensis' (Asteracaeae), two new species from Turkey

Mediterranean Botany, 2020
Two new species of Centaurea subg. Cyanus (Asteraceae) from Anatolia are described and illustrated. Centaurea akcadaghensis Uysal & Şirin occurs on open Quercus forest of Levent Canyon (Akçadağ-Malatya) and differs from C. matthiolifolia Boiss.
Emrah Şirin, Tuna Uysal, Meryem Bozkurt, Kuddisi Ertuğrul   +3 more
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Effects of different drying methods on the bioactive compounds and antioxidant properties of edible Centaurea (Centaurea cyanus) petals

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2018
The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of hot-air convective drying, shade drying and freeze-drying on the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Centaurea ( Centaurea cyanus L.) petals, as well as on several of their physicochemical ...
Luana Fernandes, Susana Casal, José Alberto Pereira, Jorge Alexandre Saraiva, Elsa Ramalhosa   +4 more
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Molecular modeling and DFT studies on the antioxidant activity of Centaurea scoparia flavonoids and molecular dynamics simulation of their interaction with β-lactoglobulin

RSC Advances, 2023
Plants of the genus Centaurea have been widely used as natural therapeutics in different countries. This study investigated the antioxidant–structure activity relationship of eight flavonoids isolated from Centaurea scoparia using DFT studies and in ...
E. M. Kamel, Albandari Bin-ammar, A. El-Bassuony, Mohammed M Alanazi, A. Altharawi, A. Ahmeda, Ashwag S. Alanazi, Al Mokhtar Lamsabhi, A. Mahmoud   +8 more
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Phytochemical Composition, In Vitro Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Enzyme Inhibition Activities, and In Silico Molecular Docking and Dynamics Simulations of Centaurea lycaonica: A Computational and Experimental Approach

ACS Omega, 2023
Centaurea lycaonica is a local endemic species from the Centaurea L. genus. The Centaurea species has a wide range of usage in treating diseases in folk medicine. There are limited biological activity studies on this species in the literature. This study
Hanifa Fatullayev, Leyla Paşayeva, I. Celik, Ufuk İnce, O. Tugay   +4 more
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Evaluation Cytotoxicity Effects of Centaurea Cineraria Extracts Against some of Cancer Cell Lines

Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal, 2023
This research included the detection and determination of flavonoids from Centaurea Cineraria extract collected from public gardens using high-performance liquid chromatography technique.
S. Hashim, Z. Mahmood, Salwan M. Abdulateef, B. Dheeb   +3 more
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Feature-Based Molecular Networking for the Exploration of the Metabolome Diversity of Common Egyptian Centaurea Species in Relation to Their Cytotoxic Activity

Molecules, 2023
Centaurea is a genus compromising over 250 herbaceous flowering species and is used traditionally to treat several ailments. Among the Egyptian Centaurea species, C. lipii was reported to be cytotoxic against multidrug-resistant cancer cells.
Eman H. Reda, N. Hegazi, M. Marzouk, Z. T. A. Shakour, A. El-Halawany, El-Sayeda A. El-Kashoury, T. Mohamed, Mahmoud A. A. Ibrahim, K. Shams, N. Abdel-Azim, C. Kampf, T. Efferth, P. Paré, M. Hegazy   +13 more
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